Triplet Lake in Sudbury: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Triplet Lake is one of the Sudbury waters in Ontario. Height above sea level is 437 metres. Surface area is around 24 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. A shoreline of some 3.7 km keeps the choices simple. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Ontario listings. Chapleau lies 29 km from the water. Beyond it, Wawa at 80 km and Hornepayne at 156 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Triplet Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Triplet Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -16°C in January. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Triplet Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Morris Lake sits 2.5 km off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Triplet Lake.